JamieMc5280
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I hope this is an appropriate forum to post this question. Does anyone have a recommendation on reef safe sunscreen?
Biodegradable Sunscreen
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muzikbiz22
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Tropical Seas makes it, click here
Ken T
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The Badger sport sunscreen works well.
Their other products as well.
Sport Sunscreen Cream SPF 35 - Badger's most water resistant sunscreen for performance sports.
Their other products as well.
Sport Sunscreen Cream SPF 35 - Badger's most water resistant sunscreen for performance sports.
underH2Oman
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Check the ingredients- aseminal paper by Roberto Danovaro et al. . In the paper, the scientists list 4 sunscreen chemicals that caused coral bleaching. They are: butylparaben (a preservative), oxybenzone (a sunscreen), octinoxate (a sunscreen) and 4-methylbenzylidene camphor (a sunscreen). If your sunscreen has any of these ingredients you are possibly harming coral
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2291018/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2291018/
The Tropical Seas has octinoxate and oxybenzone but but the Badger products look OK
CT Sean
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I've used this one in the past:
Tropical Sands® SPF 30+ Sunscreen Lotion 8-oz. UNSCENTED (they have an SPF 15 as well)
Worked pretty well - does leave you a little white, though I think that's a bit unavoidable with any zinc based sunscreen. Consistency is about the same as traditional sunscreen though there is a definitely trick to getting it on right.
I've never tried the Badger brand but did "sample" it in a local Whole Foods store (they had a display tube). It was very expensive and thicker than toothpaste - it seemed like a nightmare if you wanted to actually apply it to any large amount of body area
Tropical Sands® SPF 30+ Sunscreen Lotion 8-oz. UNSCENTED (they have an SPF 15 as well)
Worked pretty well - does leave you a little white, though I think that's a bit unavoidable with any zinc based sunscreen. Consistency is about the same as traditional sunscreen though there is a definitely trick to getting it on right.
I've never tried the Badger brand but did "sample" it in a local Whole Foods store (they had a display tube). It was very expensive and thicker than toothpaste - it seemed like a nightmare if you wanted to actually apply it to any large amount of body area
Kharon
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I cover a bit on surface (hat with a wide round brim) and use a beanie for my bald head while diving. Other than that I only use sunscrean when I won't be entering the water.
DogDiver
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With all the crud being dumped from the bilges of dive boats. Sunscreen is the least of the problems. 
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